Daniel Villar-Onrubia

Daniel works as Innovation Lead at Coventry University’s Disruptive Media Learning Lab, with a particular focus on Digital Fluency, Open Knowledge and Networked Learning. He is a hybrid Higher Education professional with extensive experience in pedagogical innovation, research and leadership. He is a Senior Fellow of Advance HE and has led and participated in several EU-funded projects aimed at building capacity in educational technology, digital competence and data literacy.

He joined Coventry University in 2014 to manage its Collaborative Online International Learning Programme, after completing his DPhil (PhD) at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. He has also studied at the Manchester School of Art and, prior to moving to the UK, he worked at the International University of Andalucia (UNIA), where he was one of the founders of its Digital Practices & Cultures Programme and its Centre for Creation & Experimentation in Digital Content. Before that, he taught at the Art Theory department of the University of Seville.